1000 Follower Giveaway WINNER!!

Happy Monday and Happy Labor Day to all my friends in the USA!!

It's time to announce the winner of my 1,000 Follower Giveaway :) First of all, I want to thank all of my followers, old and new...I appreciate you all so much!! I wish I had something to give all of you, but until I hit the lottery, this is what I am giving away to one follower:

And since I surpassed 1,000 followers, I am including the following stamp set:

I didn't use random.org to choose the winner because some people added the picture on their sidebar without leaving another comment and I wanted to make sure they got their extra entry. Also, for some reason, the numbering on my comments disappeared. So now I have to figure out how I did that before and try again.

Anyhoo...I printed out all the comments, added extras if necessary, tossed them into a box, shook it up and had a friend pick out one slip of paper.

So the winner of the candy is.....................................................................................

Congratulations Migdalia!! I will send you an email or you can email me at indymermaid(at)gmail(dot)com and I will get the goodies in the mail to you!!

Thank you all again for following me!! I love having giveaways and I'll be gathering items for a Fall giveaway...so stay tuned :)

Simply Sunday Challenge - Happy Fall Y'all!!

Happy Sunday!! I hope you are having a great weekend!! It's time for another Simply Sunday Challenge at Getting Cricky, and I'm sad to announce it will be the last SS Challenge. There will be some exciting changes at Getting Cricky in the next few weeks so stay tuned :) The theme for the final challenge is Happy Fall Y'all.

The base of this card is a Spellbinders Grand Square. The background is a Crafter's Workshop Aspen Trees stencil, inked with Vintage Photo and Walnut Distress Inks.

The leaves are Spellbinders Nested Maple Leaves dies, embossed with the Swirls embossing Folder and inked with Fired Brick and Spiced Marmalade Distress inks.

The large leaf was embossed with Swirls and then inked with Walnut Distress Ink. It was then run through the Grand Calibur again without the embossing folder to flatten the image so the stamp would stamp smoothly. The stamps are from K Andrew Designs Fall-O-Ween:

I am entering this in the DL.Art 1,000 Post Linky Party.

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Getting Cricky to see the amazing projects my Design Team sisters have created for today's challenge, then link up your Happy Fall Y'all projects!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

Link Up For Pink Giveaway!!

There is an awesome giveaway going on at Link Up For Pink!! Check out what you could win:

Head on over to Link Up For Pink to see how you can enter to win this Purple Cows Stamping System and while you are there, be sure to become a follower!! It's a great blog for a great cause!!

Halloween Mini Pages, Blog Hop Winner and a Request!!

Happy Friday!! I hope you have fun plans for the long weekend!! We are supposed to get anywhere from 5-7 inches of rain so that will put a damper on Labor Day cookouts :(

I was able to squeeze in time in my craft room to create Halloween mini pages for a page swap hosted by my dear friend Rhonda of Scrap Happens! I made two pages exactly the same - one for a swap recipient and one for Rhonda - so I can show you both sides at the same time.

The paper and tags are from my sweet friend Cheri of DJ Sundries. The mummy and coffin are from Happy Hauntings, cut at 4", as is the word Spooky, cut at 2.5". The mummy is inked with Frayed Burlap and Old Paper Distress Ink to give him an aged look. The top of the coffin was attached with foam tape for dimension.

The tags pull out so you can add a picture to one and journaling to the other. They were inked with Old Paper and Walnut Distress Ink. "Happy Halloween", "boo", and "eeek" are from K Andrew Designs Fall-o-ween stamp set. The spider web is from the Joann dollar bin and I can't remember where the line stamp is from.

On this side, the tree is from October 31 and the witch is from Happy Hauntings. The banner tag is a Spellbinders Nested Pennants die, inked with Old Paper and Walnut Distress Inks. The frame for the picture is a Spellbinders Deckled Rectangle Large die. I used a size smaller inside the larger to cut the black frame and attached it on three sides, leaving the top open so a picture can slide in. "Too cute to spook" on the journaling tag, "best witches" and the bat are also from K Andrew Designs Fall-o-ween:

The sentiments are perfect for all your fall and Halloween projects!! Click HERE to purchase this set or to see the entire line of stamps.

I am entering this in the DL.Art 1,000 Post Linky Party.

Pinterest Request

The pencil box I made for the Getting Cricky Blog Hop (you can see it HERE) is a finalist for the ConsumerCrafts.com Back-to-School Crafter's Challenge!! If you are on Pinterest and you liked the project, I would appreciate it if you could go to this LINK and repin it. The project with the most repins wins a prize. I do have to say, I don't like the blurb under my project. You had to fill out a questionnaire and one of the questions was "I deserve to win because" and they used that only on mine!! I don't like that it makes me sound arrogant...I deserve to win...when that was the question they asked, not what I would have written. I don't think I deserve to win...everyone is as deserving as me. Ugh. Anyway, thanks so much if you do repin :)


Karen's Birthday Blog Hop Winner

I know this is really late and I apologize. Random.org selected as the winner of the Heidi Grace stamp set from Karen's Birthday Blog Hop:

And #27 is................................................................................

Congratulations, Carri!! I will leave you a message or you can email your address to me at indymermaid(at)gmail(dot)com and I will get the stamps in the mail to you.

You only have a little over a day to enter my 1,000 follower giveaway!! The giveaway ends at midnight on August 31. I will announce the winner within the next two days. Click HERE to enter.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend :)